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This just scares the hell out of me, but sadly I can see it happening very easily in the not too distant future.


Update: Dept. of Homeland Security weighs forcing passengers to wear stun gun bracelets on airplanes

by Jeffrey White   Jul 7th 2008 @ 3:00PM

Back in March, Gadling blogged about a firearm training system, Lamperd, which had patented a bracelet that worked like a stun gun when activated.

At the time, Lamperd was lobbying the Transportation Security Administration to make it mandatory for all airline passengers to wear one, with the thinking that it was the best way to thwart a terrorist.

Well, here's an update.

The Department of Homeland Security, ever the shepherds watching over their flocks, appears to be seriously weighing making this bracelet mandatory and has sent a letter to Lamperd encouraging the company to draft a formal proposal for integrating its bracelet into flight security.

That's right. Your tax dollars are funding the R&D arm of DHS, which wants to develop technology that acts essentially as a GPS attached to your wrist, allowing the government to track pretty much everywhere you go once you check in for your flight, and giving the flight crew the ability to waylay you if you get out of hand.

O.K., that might be overstating it: Officials say the bracelet would only be activated in the event of a terrorist attack. But still....

Here is a promotional video for the bracelet that piqued DHS's interest.

The Washington Times today quotes a letter from DHS's Paul S. Ruwaldt, of the Science and Technology Directorate, in which he writes to Lamperd saying, "To make it clear, we are interested in...the immobilizing security bracelet and look forward to receiving a written proposal."

The Times says the letter was written on Federal Aviation Administration letterhead.

The Times goes on to detail what the bracelet could do. It would:
  • Eliminate the need to carry a boarding pass
  • Contain personal data about you, including your travel history
  • Monitor the whereabouts of both you and your luggage after check-in
  • Employ Electro-Musclar Disruption technology that could immobilize a passenger for nearly 10 minutes
Now, with all the idiotic things passengers have been doing on planes of late, I could maybe get behind employing some kind of bracelet stun gun.

But seriously, I consider all this with some foreboding. I mean, slipping a bracelet on a little kid that could deliver a shock powerful enough to make an electronic dog fence zap seem like a pinprick is a scary thought. What if a flight attendant accidently activates one of them?

What do you think? Would mandatory bracelets like these make air travel safer, or is this just another way for the government to look over our shoulders?


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If they did this, alot of people would never fly again, and the airlines would lose more money than what it was profitting.  Which brings up the question, do the airlines agree to this protective measure, and to what length will they go to make it a reality?  I know that I would never fly again.  I think that the more important protective measure would be to do a more extensive background check on the immigrants that come into this country.  Hell, the government does more extensive background checks on the people that were born and raised in this country.  Don't get me wrong, I am not saying don't let anyone into the country, but alleviate the problems by not letting anyone in that they think might cause problems in the future, such as terrorist attacks.
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Trains and ships and bus's...but you know they would be there too. And of course if someone died because of 300 passed out passengers...like a terrorist couldn't slip the cuff. no insurance would pay for it. They will be of course vibrant Red, White and Blue, the slave collars.

Of course you need one of them, in case you drive too fast. Or try to get into your car with beer breath. ZAP!
Of course you need to wear this thing at home...after all it is for your own safety. If a terrorist enters your home, you won't feel a thing when he kills you. You won't be awake for it....it's a great help to die with out knowing it physiologically.

Less and less of them dammed foreigners would come in as tourists....so that threat to our national security would be solved. No more we take Euros signs.


-- Edited by Bo Bo Olson on Saturday 16th of May 2009 11:26:01 AM

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